Changelog t50 v5.6.6:
* Fixed a problem where an incomplete option (without argument) is provided on command line.
* Nasty bug on command line (where an incomplete final option is provided without an argument when one is needed) solved.

t50 v5.6.6

T50 v5.6.3

T50 (f.k.a. F22 Raptor) is a tool designed to perform “Stress Testing”. The concept started on 2001, right after release ‘nb-isakmp.c’, and the main goal was:
– Having a tool to perform TCP/IP protocol fuzzer, covering common regular
protocols, such as: ICMP, TCP and UDP.

Things have changed, and the T50 became a good unique resource capable to perform “Stress Testing”. And, after checking the “/usr/include/linux”, some protocols were chosen to be part of its coverage:
a) ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol
b) IGMP – Internet Group Management Protocol
c) TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
d) UDP – User Datagram Protocol

But almost nobody thinks about “Stress Testing”, or even performs any test to check how the networks infra-structure behaves under stress, under overload, and under attack. Even during a Penetration Test, people prefer not runningany kind of Denial-of-Service testing. Even worse, those people are missing one of the three key concepts of security that are common to risk management:
– Confidentiality
– Integrity
– AVAILABILITY

T50 was designed to perform “Stress Testing” on a variety of infra-structure network devices (Version 2.45), using widely implemented protocols, and after some requests it was was re-designed to extend the tests (as of Version 5.3), covering some regular protocols (ICMP, TCP and UDP), some infra-structure specific protocols (GRE, IPSec and RSVP), and some routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP and OSPF).

b) It is the only tool capable to encapsulate the protocols (listed above) within Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).
c) Send an (quite) incredible amount of packets per second, making it a “second to none” tool:
-> More than 1,000,000 pps of SYN Flood (+50% of the network uplink) in
a 1000BASE-T Network (Gigabit Ethernet).
-> More than 120,000 pps of SYN Flood (+60% of the network uplink) in a 100BASE-TX Network (Fast Ethernet).
d) Perform “Stress Testing” on a variety of network infrastructure, network devices and security solutions in place.
e) Simulate “Distributed Denial-of-Service” & “Denial-of-Service” attacks, validating Firewall rules, Router ACLs, Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System policies.

The main differentiator of the T50 is that it is able to send all protocols, sequentially, using one single SOCKET, besides it is capable to be used to modify network routes, letting IT Security Professionals performing advanced “Penetration Test”.